Letter, from John Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at High Elms, Farnborough
Reference number: HS/11/357
Date: 22 February 1866
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for his letter. Agrees that the stones of Stonehenge must have come from the neighborhood. The chips in the barrows must have come from the hewn stones of Stonehenge.
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- HS/11/357
- Earliest possible date
- 22 February 1866
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- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Lubbock, Letter, from John Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at High Elms, Farnborough, 22 February 1866, HS/11/357, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_11_357/letter-from-john-lubbock-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-high-elms-farnborough, accessed on 18 March 2025
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 11 Kane-L miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/11
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John Lubbock
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John Frederick William Herschel
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